ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary electric machine that increases a bend R of a coil, and is miniaturized further in the direction of a rotating shaft. SOLUTION: There or more n coils Cu, Cv, Cw are disposed side by side in the direction of a rotating shaft between stator members. A plurality of claw magnetic poles (21a, or the like) are divided into 2*n claw magnetic pole groups, and the respective claw magnetic pole groups include at least two adjacent claw magnetic poles. In addition, 2*n connection magnetic paths 21c to 26c for connecting the stator members in the direction of a rotating shaft are provided at adjacent positions in a diametric direction to the respective claw magnetic pole groups, and 2*n magnetic flux path groups G21 to G26 are composed of the respective claw magnetic pole groups and the connection magnetic path associated with the respective claw magnetic pole groups. One coil is associated with two magnetic flux path groups positioned opposingly while sandwiching a rotating shaft. Each coil is disposed so that only the correlated coil passes between the claw magnetic pole group and the connection magnetic path in the respective magnetic flux path groups. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT